Transparent display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11968877-B2
Application number	US-202218056632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2022
Priority date	Dec 27, 2021
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A transparent display device is provided, which may reduce loss of light transmittance due to a touch sensor and a touch line and may make sure of separating a touch sensor electrode of a touch sensor from a cathode electrode of a light emitting element. The transparent display device includes a substrate provided with a plurality of transmissive areas and a non-transmissive area including a plurality of light emission areas, a plurality of light emitting elements respectively disposed in the plurality of light emission areas on the substrate, including an anode electrode, a light emitting layer and a cathode electrode, a plurality of touch sensors respectively disposed in the plurality of transmissive areas on the substrate, including a touch sensor electrode, and a first undercut structure disposed along an edge of the transmissive area to separate the cathode electrode from the touch sensor electrode, including a plurality of eaves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transparent display device comprising:
a substrate provided with a plurality of transmissive areas and a non-transmissive area including a plurality of light emission areas;
a plurality of light emitting elements respectively disposed in the plurality of light emission areas on the substrate, each of the plurality of light emitting elements including an anode electrode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode electrode;
a plurality of touch sensors respectively disposed in the plurality of transmissive areas on the substrate, each of the plurality of touch sensors including a touch sensor electrode; and a first undercut structure disposed along an edge of the transmissive area and separating the cathode electrode from the touch sensor electrode, the first undercut structure including a plurality of eaves;
wherein the first undercut structure includes:
a first passivation layer disposed on the substrate, including a first opening area provided along the edge of the transmissive area;
a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer, including a second opening area provided to at least partially overlap the first opening area; a planarization layer disposed on the second passivation layer, including a third opening area provided to at least partially overlap the first and second opening areas;
a first eave in which the planarization layer is more protruded than the second passivation layer in a direction of the transmissive area to overlap at least a portion of the second opening area; and
a second eave in which the second passivation layer is more protruded than the first passivation layer in the direction of the transmissive area to overlap at least a portion of the first opening area.

2. The transparent display device of claim 1 , wherein the first undercut structure includes: a metal pattern provided between the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer; and a third eave in which the metal pattern is more protruded than the first passivation layer in the direction of the transmissive area to overlap at least a portion of the first opening area.

3. The transparent display device of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern is disposed along the edge of the transmissive area.

4. The transparent display device of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern is electrically floated.

5. The transparent display device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the touch sensor electrode is disposed below the first eave and the second eave.

6. The transparent display device of claim 1 , wherein the second opening area has a width smaller than that of the first opening area.

7. The transparent display device of claim 1 , wherein the third opening area fully overlaps the touch sensor.

8. The transparent display device of claim 7 , wherein the second eave is provided at a first height,
wherein the fourth eave is provided at a second height lower than the first height, and
wherein an end of the second eave is more protruded than that of the fourth eave in the direction of the transmissive area.

9. The transparent display device of claim 1 , wherein the first undercut structure further includes a fourth eave in which the second passivation layer is more protruded than the first passivation layer in the direction of the transmissive area, and
wherein the fourth eave is provided at a height different from that of the second eave.

10. The transparent display device of claim 1 , further comprising a touch contact electrode disposed to overlap the touch sensor electrode in the transmissive area, being in contact with the touch sensor electrode by a second undercut structure.

11. The transparent display device of claim 10 , wherein the second undercut structure includes:
a first passivation layer disposed on the substrate, including a fourth opening area provided in the transmissive area;
a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer in the transmissive area, including a fifth opening area provided to at least partially overlap the fourth opening area; and
an organic pattern disposed on the second passivation layer in the transmissive area and provided to overlap at least a portion of the fourth opening area and at least a portion of the fifth opening area.

12. The transparent display device of claim 11 , wherein the touch contact electrode is provided below the first passivation layer and its upper surface is exposed by the fourth opening area and the fifth opening area, and
wherein the touch sensor electrode is in contact with the exposed upper surface of the touch contact electrode.

13. The transparent display device of claim 12 , further comprising a driving transistor provided between the first passivation layer and the substrate,
wherein the touch contact electrode is provided in a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode of the driving transistor.

14. The transparent display device of claim 11 , wherein the touch contact electrode is provided between the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer and its side is exposed by the fifth opening area, and
wherein the touch sensor electrode is in contact with the exposed side of the touch contact electrode.

15. The transparent display device of claim 14 , wherein the touch sensor electrode has a lower surface exposed by the fourth opening area, and
wherein the touch sensor electrode is in contact with the exposed lower surface of the touch contact electrode.

16. The transparent display device of claim 14 , further comprising:
a driving transistor provided between the first passivation layer and the substrate; and
a connection electrode provided below the first passivation layer,
wherein the connection electrode is provided in a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode of the driving transistor, and
wherein the touch contact electrode is coupled to the connection electrode through a contact hole.

17. The transparent display device of claim 11 , wherein the second undercut structure further includes a fifth eave in which the organic pattern is provided in the fifth opening area.

18. The transparent display device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a plurality of touch lines provided in the non-transmissive area on the substrate and extended in a first direction; and
a bridge line provided in the non-transmissive area on the substrate and extended in a second direction to couple at least two touch sensors arranged in the second direction with one of the plurality of touch lines,
wherein the touch contact electrode is electrically connected to the bridge line.

19. A transparent display device comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of transmissive areas and a non-transmissive area;
a plurality of light emission areas that at least partially overlap the non-transmissive area;
a plurality of light emitting elements respectively disposed in the plurality of light emission areas on the substrate, each of the plurality of light emitting elements including an anode electrode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode electrode;
a plurality of touch sensors respectively disposed in the plurality of transmissive areas on the substrate, each of the plurality of touch sensors including a touch sensor electrode; and
a first undercut structure disposed along an edge of the transmissive area and separating the cathode electrode from the touch sensor electrode, the first undercut structure including at least one eave;
wherein the first undercut structure includes:
a first p

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yun Jeonggi
• Kim Taehwan
• Park Jonghan
• Kim Yong-Il

Classifications

• H10K59/40 Primary

  OLEDs integrated with touch screens · CPC title

• G06F3/0446 Primary

  using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes · CPC title

• H10K59/351

  comprising more than three subpixels, e.g. red-green-blue-white [RGBW] · CPC title

• H10K59/353

  characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels · CPC title

• G06F2203/04111

  Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate · CPC title